A husband and wife duo captured the men’s and women’s 2016 TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club championships this past weekend.
Daryl Donovan and Meghan Betnar shot two-round scores of 141 (3-under) and 162 (18-over), respectively, to gain the club titles. Donovan began the tournament by hitting a 73 (1-over) on Saturday, which was two strokes behind leader Ryan Stovin, before recording a tournament-low score of 68 (4-under) on Sunday, while Betnar led the women’s division throughout the weekend notching an 82 (10-over) and an 80 (8-over) in the two rounds.
“It’s just great to come out and support the club,” said Donovan. “It’s more of a fun tournament for us and it’s just fun to play well.”
The club championship was Donovan’s first and Betnar’s second after she accomplished the feat with a two-round score of 174 (30-over) in 2015. She said the second round was her best of this year’s edition of the tournament, which was highlighted by an eagle on the seventh hole.
“I just hit two shots on and made a long putt,” said Betnar.
Bernadette Wright also won her second-straight club championship in the senior women’s division, scoring an 88 (16-over) and 86 (14-over) for a total score of 174 (30-over) over the two rounds. Keith Ramstead moved up one position in 2016 hitting an 81 (9-over) and 86 (14-over) for a two-round score of 167 (23-over) to take the senior men’s championship.
Stovin captured the junior championship with a two-round score of 150 (6-over) after hitting a 79 (7-over) on the second day of the tournament. Nolan Rohatyn finished in second place in the men’s division by carding a first-round score of 76 (4-over) and a second-round score of 72 (par) for a total of 148 (4-over).
Donovan began the second day of the tournament with two birdies and a bogey on the front nine before notching three birdies and a bogey on the back nine, but he considers the 18th hole his best of the day. He said just getting the ball in play and to the hole as quickly as possible for his final birdie knowing he was ahead of Stovin and Rohatyn by a few strokes made the weekend for him.
“Good to see lots of guys out and hope to see more next year,” said Donovan. “It was just great overall.”
